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Is the order the girls run after Ichika in the ED in each episode possibly indicating who's the closest to him? Of course I only mean for each respective episode as the order can change, or at least it did before.

@kaizerknight01, it's only from tradition that the women takes the mans surname. It happens very rarely but if you have a really shitty surname you can do it the other way. In the case of the anime... probably not. We're talking only military might.

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Originally Posted by MeisterBabylon

Just to confirm, what's the difference between massproduction and personal IS again? Was it just settings, or do masspro's have no cores or something, allowing them to be produced in large numbers?

They all have cores, mass production is just a generic model while personal are personal, ie. custom fit for certain talents.

Question: Do we have confirmation that ALL women can pilot IS? Or is the "only" more "the only ones who've managed were women".

Question: Is ep 3 onward following the trend of the first two episodes?

Spoiler for The first 2 episodes:

The sort like...
- the main guys just being a genius who can control the machine perfectly in his 3rd, 4th try
- more glittering animation, berserk charge without any tactical plan
- more girls with special(-er) power/status challenging him on random excuses
- more girls falling in love to grow up his harem
- a world threat come up that require him to come out and save the day, rather than a bunches of seniors/ experts to do the job

Question: Is ep 3 onward following the trend of the first two episodes?

Spoiler for The first 2 episodes:

The sort like...
- the main guys just being a genius who can control the machine perfectly in his 3rd, 4th try
- more glittering animation, berserk charge without any tactical plan
- more girls with special(-er) power/status challenging him on random excuses
- more girls falling in love to grow up his harem
- a world threat come up that require him to come out and save the day, rather than a bunches of seniors/ experts to do the job

I don't mind spoilers.

Spoiler:

1) He ain't a genius, the opposite actually. And his control is far from perfect, too.
2) Glittering animation, yes. Adds to the positive side of the battle scenes. Charges without tactical plans, mainly Ichika but he does gain some teamwork later on (rendering the opposing party the one to berserk charge instead lol).
3) I wouldn't call them random. In fact, the situations of each girl has been kind of predictable thus far.
4) Harem, yup. Not all are tsundere though so... don't just shove it off for that!
5) A bigger threat is not yet known but there may be some hints

How many episodes are expected for this series? Will there be seasons to it too?

most likely the usual 1-cour/12 eps set.
as for 2nd season, I dunno... IS seems to be the 2nd most popular show of winter 2011, right after Madoka. Considering the novels are still on-going (and that they got a considerable boost in sales thanks to the anime), I say a second season is likely.

most likely the usual 1-cour/12 eps set.
as for 2nd season, I dunno... IS seems to be the 2nd most popular show of winter 2011, right after Madoka. Considering the novels are still on-going (and that they got a considerable boost in sales thanks to the anime), I say a second season is likely.

Good, because I'm really looking forward to this series having longevity. As well as alternate endings, if he ends up with someone. XD

It originally started off as a joke due to Ichika's constant admiration of his sister Chifuyu (ie. "I sure am glad to have the world's best sister!" - Ichika . Ep 2), but since Episode 9 where Charlotte called him out on it after the way he reacted to seeing Chifuyu in a swimsuit, it seems that he might very well have a genuine sister complex.